The back office guys, oh my. The place where a deal could fall apart for no good reason. The stain deal, rust proofing, undercoating, aftermarket warrenty and 80 month finance. Those guys made the real money and acted like total dicks with no regard to how hard it is/was to get a person in to that damn office.

The back office guys, oh my. The place where a deal could fall apart for no good reason. The stain deal, rust proofing, undercoating, aftermarket warrenty and 80 month finance. Those guys made the real money and acted like total dicks with no regard to how hard it is/was to get a person in to that damn office.

Heh, "rust and dust, croak and choke." You forgot the death and disability insurance. That stuff was golden.

Heh, "rust and dust, croak and choke." You forgot the death and disability insurance. That stuff was golden.

You're not just buying a car here, for an extra $23 / month you can get the peace of mind knowing that your car will be paid off if something (barring exclusions) happens to you. Isn't it worth it to know that your loved ones won't be saddled with car payments? Tack on A&H and Extended Warranty and you've just bought Serenity on Shiny Wheels.

I just won a $10 bet about something totally inane with a annoying hipster girl.
She didn't believe me that Cowboy Curtis from Pee-Wee's Playhouse was played by Laurence Fishburne.
I then parlayed the $10 into $20 when she doubled down still didn't believe me that Pee-Wee's Big Adventure [the movie] was directed by Tim Burton.

dont let anyone tell you that retaining that kind of knowledge is useless. you headed to the bookie now, doc?

Got my 2012 bonus and 2013 salary information.
It's my first year in this role so I don't really have a baseline, but I happy with it (probably shouldn't let my bosses know that I am happy with it though)

Also, my wife is out of town this weekend. Which kinda sucks, cause we've been traveling a lot lately and I haven't gotten to spend much time with her, but it does free me up to 1) play video games in my underwear, and 2) do some first hand research on a really important question which has been vexing me lately--can man survive on bacon alone?

Anyway, I booked a hotel a couple months back for our trip to Ultra and I get some bullshit email from the hotel last Thursday saying my CC was denied and that I need to get them a new CC within 24 hours, or risk losing my reservation. I call them immediately, they don't pick up. So I left them a voice message asking them to get back to me so we can figure things out.

No response all day and when I land back at home, nothing still, so I send them an email asking what's up. Then I get an email saying my reservation was cancelled because I failed to contact them. WTF.

Long story short, I was stern and polite but made clear my utter disappointment with how they dealt with the situation and they concluded that they had messed up because I clearly tried to resolve the issue with them within the 24 hour deadline. Problem is, they're booked for one of the three nights that I originally reserved and they said they'd try to figure something out for us.

I have completed my department's schedule of classes for Spring 2014. It went a lot faster than I expected, and I think I got everyone pretty close to the times they wanted. Now I am going to go home and enjoy some port (vinho do porto).

So my brother just got his license and is getting a car of his choice (courtesy of our parents) in the next week or so. I got a little jealous and jokingly told my mother that I wanted one as well. She asked me to pick one that I liked and that she'd pay for it as a late New Year's gift. This is why I am happy.